http://www.geekcastonline.com Podcasting At the Speed of the Internet Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 ©Aaron Crocco geekcast@gmail.com (Aaron Crocco) geekcast@gmail.com(Aaron Crocco) Technology 1440 hack,hacking,hacks,computer,computers,tech,technology,geekcast,podcast,podcasting,windows,mac,tiger,osx,apple,ipod,tivo,feedburner,geek,nerd,dork,tutorial,how,to,howto,review,questions,interactive Podcasting at the Speed of the Internet The Geekcast is a technology podcast that hosted by all-around tech guy and self-proclaimed geek Aaron Crocco and his video gamer friend Gozer. The show features how-to segments, the latest tech news, hacks, video game reviews and all-around geek fun. For users of all skill levels, the Geekcast is a great tech resource. Aaron Crocco Aaron Crocco geekcast@gmail.com No no http://www.geekcastonline.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/AlbumArt7-144.jpg http://www.geekcastonline.com 144 144 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/raaWGXjZyUk/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/11/classic-geekcast-the-geekcast-106-bulk-photo-renaming/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:47:08 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=364 With Aaron being on vacation this week, please enjoy this retro edition of The Geekcast! New episodes will resume next week. ******** The Geekcast #106 Show Notes: Contact info: &#124; Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/geekcast &#124; TheGeekcast.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Skype &#38; Gizmo: Geekcast &#124; 206-98-geek-1 &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; Frappr Map: Frappr.com/thegeekcast ************** Items of Note: I [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/raaWGXjZyUk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/11/classic-geekcast-the-geekcast-106-bulk-photo-renaming/feed/ 0 18:39 With Aaron being on vacation this week, please enjoy this retro edition of The Geekcast! New episodes will resume next week. ******** The Geekcast #106 Show Notes: Contact ... With Aaron being on vacation this week, please enjoy this retro edition of The Geekcast! New episodes will resume next week. ******** The Geekcast #106 Show Notes: Contact info: #124; Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/geekcast #124; TheGeekcast.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Skype #38; Gizmo: Geekcast #124; 206-98-geek-1 #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; Frappr Map: Frappr.com/thegeekcast ************** Items of Note: I have created new album art. Your feedback on it is much appreciated. Audio feedback from Mike J. A new Geek's View is going to be released for the Harman Kardon Drive + Play. To give you the full rundown of this great device, it will be a video edition. I hope to have this released within a day or two. ************** Tech news: Apple #38; Creative Announce Settlement. Apple and Creative announced a broad settlement ending all legal disputes between the two companies. Apple will pay Creative $100 million for a paid-up license to use Creative's recently awarded patent in all Apple products. Apple can recoup a portion of its payment if Creative is successful in licensing this patent to others. In addition Creative has joined Apple's "Made for iPod" program and will be announcing their own iPod accessory products later this year. Steve Jobs, commenting about the settlement said "Creative is very fortunate to have been granted this early patent." 14-year-old girl sues friend over missing iPod. A missing iPod resulted in a lawsuit in Wheaton, Illinois, when 14-year-old Shannon Derrik sued her friend Stephanie Eick for losing her brand new iPod. Shannon lent her iPod to Stephanie, who decided it'd be a good idea to give back the iPod by leaving it on Shannon's desk rather than waiting for her to return from the restroom to hand it over in person, and at that point the iPod went missing. Shannon has sued for $475 in damages and court fees. Apple updated Battery Exchange Program iBook G4 and PowerBook G4. Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances. The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4. The affected models include: 12-inch iBook G4 A1061 ZZ338 - ZZ427 3K429 - 3K611 6C519 - 6C552 ending with S9WA, S9WC or S9WD 12-inch PowerBook G4 A1079 ZZ411 - ZZ427 3K428 - 3K611 15-inch PowerBook G4 A1078 and A1148 3K425 - 3K601 6N530 - 6N551 ending with THTA, THTB, or THTC 6N601 ending with THTC Cox DVR's getting converted to TiVo's. TiVo has entered into an agreement to make TiVorsquo;s service available to select Cox subscribers. Under the terms of the agreement, TiVo will customize its cable software for deployment on compatible Cox DVR set-top-boxes. TiVorsquo;s downloadable software will allow Cox to deliver the TiVo(R) service in Cox subscriber homes without replacing existing DVR boxes, and without an install appointment. In this way, current Cox DVR customers who wish to enjoy the award-winning TiVo service, can quickly and easily add the benefits of TiVo to their DVR subscription. Microsoft adds 'one-click' sex offender report tool. Young people using Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger to chat online with friends can now make a report to police with one click if they are concerned their online 'buddy' is a sex offender. Microsoft has partnered with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre to introduce the safety element to the program. The new Messenger tab and features the CEOP Centre's distinctive ldquo;report abuserdquo; icon which links users in the UK directly to online police services. This allows young people and adults to report suspicious behaviour and instances of inapprop... Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/11/classic-geekcast-the-geekcast-106-bulk-photo-renaming/http://media.libsyn.com/media/geekcast/The_Geekcast_106.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/G3NAdk_pb0c/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/11/the-geekcast-164-virtualization/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:30:30 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=363 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/The-Geekcast &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Feedback: Aaron, I just listened to your show from Saturday about Google. Wave, which is when I got my access [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/G3NAdk_pb0c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/11/the-geekcast-164-virtualization/feed/ 0 01:02:05 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/The-Geekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/The-Geekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Feedback: Aaron, I just listened to your show from Saturday about Google. Wave, which is when I got my access to Wave. I wanted to let you know 2 things. First, when I created my account I did get a new wave address (******@googlewave.com), so with a new address it may be possible to protect your information. Second, I tried opening wave on my ipod and got an error message that the browser was not supported. Have you had any luck? Russell ************** Virtualization: 1. New version of VMware Fusion 3.0 for Mac - All new features here: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10957 -- **My favorites are below** - Now runs natively in 64-bit in Snow Leopard - Key features: Full support of Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) including Aero mode -- ALSO full support for 10.6 Snow Leopard Server - Advanced 3D graphics (saw example of them running Flight Simulator X [FSX] and it looked incredible. It's a very graphics-intense game.) - Faster loading/suspend states - Comes with preinstalled VirtualMachine Tools (oddly there was one for Mac OS!) - Reduced memory usage for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows XP that were created in THIS version of Fusion - Remote into virtual machines with use of integrated VNC 2. Is this the version that kills off native 'local' desktop computing? I feel most computing should be done in VM's. Will explain. - Snapshots become a true system restore - Most PC users do NOT game hardcore, therefore no reason for super graphics card - Because this version supports 1080p video, if there is for some reason a codec that the Mac doesn't have, videos can be watched in HD in Fusion 3.0 - Additional firewall protection due to IP address masking - Now can run multiple servers from single machine (i.e. media server, database server, dhcp server, etc.) 3. Competition: Parallels and Sun's VirtualBox. Also VMware available to run natively on PC's. Will explain positives and negatives of Mac VM competitors. 4. Disappointing 27" iMac news: Video input can only be done for devices which currently have DisplayPort's...which are virtually none. It cannot accept RCA/HDMI/VGA. I will not be purchasing one :-( Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/11/the-geekcast-164-virtualization/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/363/0/The_Geekcast_164.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/qWLDGUKpOxU/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-163-a-geeky-halloween/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:52 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=362 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: This is our first holiday-themed episode! Enjoy our Halloween edition where Gozer and I talk to [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/qWLDGUKpOxU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-163-a-geeky-halloween/feed/ 4 01:05:13 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: This is our first holiday-themed episode! Enjoy our Halloween edition where Gozer and I talk to Ed Adam from the Philadelphia Ghostbusters! Website: http://www.philadelphiaghostbusters.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/phillygb YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/PhilaGhostbusters We have a custom URL for Facebook! You can now get to us just by heading on over to www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast! There's still time to enter our contest! Win a copy of the movie Mind Meld! We have two copies of the movie Mind Meld to give away via iTunes. The contest begins today and ends on Wednesday, November 4th! To enter, send an e-mail to geekcast@gmail.com with your name, e-mail address and home town. "Tailored to the most hard-core Star Trek fans, Mind Meld gets you up close and personal with the stars of the original television series. Its premise? Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner sitting together and having a quiet, earthy chat about old times. There isn't much new information about the show--though old cast resentments are addressed--but viewers learn a great deal about the personal lives of everyone's favorite spacemen. The two discuss the pressures of filming a weekly show and the difficulties of maintaining one's dignity as an actor while wearing pointy ears. The personalities of both men shine through and it becomes obvious why they were cast as they were; Nimoy really is more thoughtful and reserved, while Shatner is extroverted and showy. The best part of Mind Meld is witnessing the genuine fondness the two men share for each other. It's clear that they really were (and are) best friends, even when the cameras stopped rolling." --Ali Davis This contest is only open to U.S. residents and you must have existing iTunes account. ************** Geek This Week: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** Questions for Philly Ghostbusters: 1) What is your geek credit? ( what makes you geeky? this could be geeky things you own or geeky things you have done in your life. For example, Gozer's would be that he owns over 10 video game systems, 300+ games and a proton pack) 2) Describe your love of Ghostbusters. Favorite scenes? Why is it the best movie ever made? 3) Philly Ghostbusters. How'd it get started? What type of charity events do you do? How did the light the night go this past saturday in philly? ( share as many stories as you want!) 4) Do you have significant others? ( or did at one time) How do they react to all the ghostbusting? 5) What does Halloween mean to you? Fond Halloween memories? 6) What are your top 3 scariest movies of all time? ( don't share with us until the actual show. we'll each share our 3rd then our 2nd then our 1st, that type of format) 7) Ghostbusters Quiz!!!! ( come up with questions for me too!) Just movie questions not, "who was the key grip?" Also, Aaron knows Back ot the Future inside and Out. Come up with some BTTF questions for him to if you want! Easy 1) In the esp negative reinforcement scene, what did the poor nerdy guy guess as the last card? Answer: Couple of wavy lines. 2) When does Venkman suggest Jennifer should come back for further testing? Answer: 8 o clock. 3) What is the name of the Dean at the university they work at? Answer: Dean Yager 4) When the eggs are frying on Dana's kitchen counter, what delicious treat lay next to them? Answer: Stay Puft Marshmallows 5) Why doesn't Venkman want Janine staring at her? Answer: She's got t Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-163-a-geeky-halloween/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/362/0/The_Geekcast_163.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/5OGOAUMl1Lw/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-162-google-wave/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:28:45 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=361 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/The-Geekcast &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Welcome to our inaugural &#8216;techy-er&#8217; podcast! This week&#8217;s first / second-show-per-week episode focuses on Google Wave and Online [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/5OGOAUMl1Lw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-162-google-wave/feed/ 0 01:23:37 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/The-Geekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/The-Geekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Welcome to our inaugural 'techy-er' podcast! This week's first / second-show-per-week episode focuses on Google Wave and Online Collaboration. We also have a contest to win a Google Wave invitation! Be sure to listen to the show to learn how to enter!! 1. Google Wave (and my beef w/ it: don't like that we can be added to any wave. we should have an option to preview wave, then accept or decline) 2. Google Wave competitors: - Sharewave (http://bit.ly/2SCpDF), (http://bit.ly/4Awpfb) - Micrososft Sharepoint (http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx) - Future potential of Twitter/Facebook (adding whiteboards and such) - Yahoo Messenger whiteboard 3. In-depth discussion on the new Mac goodness: No more firewire 400, iMac is now HD, Mac Mini (Server) with no optical drive, BT Keyboard now w/ 2 AA batteries (vs 3), Magic Mouse iMac, Mac Mini, Mouse, Airport Extreme Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-162-google-wave/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/361/0/The_Geekcast_162.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/ShtTwXWeQyk/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-161-prep-for-windows-7/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:04:04 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=360 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: We have a custom URL for Facebook! You can now get to us just by [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/ShtTwXWeQyk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-161-prep-for-windows-7/feed/ 0 01:04:29 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: We have a custom URL for Facebook! You can now get to us just by heading on over to www.facebook.com/TheGeekcast! A big shout out to Slice of Scifi for pimping The Geekcast and a congratulations for their spiffy new website. Great job! Another shout out to Kory and Dave over at TechTubs. We'll be appearing on their show soon. Enjoy a promo and check out their site: www.TechTubs.com Don't forget this week The Geekcast starts podcasting twice a week! There's still time to enter our contest! Win a copy of the movie Mind Meld! We have two copies of the movie Mind Meld to give away via iTunes. The contest begins today and ends on Wednesday, November 4th! To enter, send an e-mail to geekcast@gmail.com with your name, e-mail address and home town. "Tailored to the most hard-core Star Trek fans, Mind Meld gets you up close and personal with the stars of the original television series. Its premise? Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner sitting together and having a quiet, earthy chat about old times. There isn't much new information about the show--though old cast resentments are addressed--but viewers learn a great deal about the personal lives of everyone's favorite spacemen. The two discuss the pressures of filming a weekly show and the difficulties of maintaining one's dignity as an actor while wearing pointy ears. The personalities of both men shine through and it becomes obvious why they were cast as they were; Nimoy really is more thoughtful and reserved, while Shatner is extroverted and showy. The best part of Mind Meld is witnessing the genuine fondness the two men share for each other. It's clear that they really were (and are) best friends, even when the cameras stopped rolling." --Ali Davis This contest is only open to U.S. residents and you must have existing iTunes account. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Big Bang Theory season 2. Big Apple Con and meeting celebs like tons of BSG actors, Linda Hamilton and more! Gozer: I took advantage of the toys r us buy 2 get the 3rd free. Got some games for my cousin so Robert if you are listening right now please fast forward! I basically picked up 5 games for $80. Got Ghostbusters, turns out he bought the game the next day. Also picked up Gears 2 and the 3 pack of Dead Rising, Devil May Cry 4 and Lost Planet. Awesome deal. $80 and i got 5 games. Final Cut Pro 7. Shhhta Wars Dan is coming over for Halloween and he is going to give me a code for Final Cut Studio. I am very tempted to upgrade, for $300 to Final Cut 7. Not sure if i should. There is just so much that final cut has to offer i really don't think i will see much of a difference between the last version and 7. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini Apple revamped its desktop and laptop lines Tuesday, dramatically redesigning the iMac all-in-one and MacBook laptop, and also adding a few updates to its Mac Mini line of small-scale desktops. It also introduced a handful of updated peripherals, with a multitouch mouse bringing the most thorough changes. New iMacs The biggest news Tuesday will be the new iMacs, which move from aluminum and polycarbon design to aluminum and edge-to-edge glass, mirroring the look of Apple's line of MacBook Pro laptops. The new iMac will come in 21.5 (1,920x1,080) and 27-inch (2,560x1,440) models, each with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Starting price for the 21.5-inch model is $1,199, with the 27-incher beginning at $1,699. Apple will also offer step-up models for eac Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-161-prep-for-windows-7/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/360/0/The_Geekcast_161.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/j3q_4usn6rw/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-160-backup-your-data/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:03:20 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=359 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Please head on over and nominate The Geekcast for the podcast awards at http://www.podcastawards.com Don&#8217;t forget that [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/j3q_4usn6rw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-160-backup-your-data/feed/ 0 50:47 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Please head on over and nominate The Geekcast for the podcast awards at http://www.podcastawards.com Don't forget that The Geekcast will be returning to its roots and podcasting twice a week! The secondary show each week will feature new episodes of The Geekcast in a 'classic' style. The show will be more hardcore tech-oriented and feature some notable guests along with fantastic discussion of what's going on in the tech world. Look for two episodes of The Geekcast to hit your podcatcher next week. There's still time to enter our contest! Win a copy of the movie Mind Meld! We have two copies of the movie Mind Meld to give away via iTunes. The contest begins today and ends on Wednesday, November 4th! To enter, send an e-mail to geekcast@gmail.com with your name, e-mail address and home town. "Tailored to the most hard-core Star Trek fans, Mind Meld gets you up close and personal with the stars of the original television series. Its premise? Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner sitting together and having a quiet, earthy chat about old times. There isn't much new information about the show--though old cast resentments are addressed--but viewers learn a great deal about the personal lives of everyone's favorite spacemen. The two discuss the pressures of filming a weekly show and the difficulties of maintaining one's dignity as an actor while wearing pointy ears. The personalities of both men shine through and it becomes obvious why they were cast as they were; Nimoy really is more thoughtful and reserved, while Shatner is extroverted and showy. The best part of Mind Meld is witnessing the genuine fondness the two men share for each other. It's clear that they really were (and are) best friends, even when the cameras stopped rolling." --Ali Davis This contest is only open to U.S. residents and you must have existing iTunes account. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: I ran down memory lane as I heard that Yahoo is closing Geocities on October 26th. Now I haven't been to the site in forever but it reminded me that I still have my old page there that covered the TV series Sliders. Geocities was a place that helped me learn HTML and it's an integral part to the early beginnings of the internet. I'll be sure to log in for one last time and download all the files so they aren't lost for all time. Thinking of changing my current backup scheme to a different setup. I currently use Time Machine with two drives, one of which I keep off-site. I currently swap the drives once every 5-6 months and then I also have Backup copy my documents vital files to MobileMe. I've heard a lot lately about Time Machine not being as reliable as Apple would have us think, so this combined with the recent Sidekick data fail makes has me re-thinking my backup scheme. I'm looking into Carbon Copy Cloner and also Super Duper but I also need offsite backup. Any suggestions? Gozer: Had a brief hands on with the new PSP Go. Really awesome device. Really small and sleek. Maybe Sony should have come out with this from the get go. I like the fact that all your games would be on the hard drive or a memory stick instead of UMD's. But it's a little too late. Not that I play a lot of my old UMD's but I cannot justify buying a device that is $250 and that can't play your library of UMD's! If they did decide to do some sort of UMD conversion then yes, I would consider buying a PSP Go. Played some ODST and Beatles Rock Band. ODST feels like Halo 3 but darker. Was not impressed. Wanted to like Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-160-backup-your-data/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/359/0/The_Geekcast_160.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/Dy5-qWeni84/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-159-doodle-jump/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:45:34 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=358 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Welcome to a revamped version of The Geekcast! We have a brand new website over [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/Dy5-qWeni84" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-159-doodle-jump/feed/ 0 47:01 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Welcome to a revamped version of The Geekcast! We have a brand new website over at GeekcastOnline.com and brand new artwork! I've put a whole bunch of work into getting things up and running but they are totally cool. In addition to these new things, I am proud to announce that The Geekcast will be returning to its roots and podcasting twice a week! The secondary show each week will feature new episodes of The Geekcast in a 'classic' style. The show will be more hardcore tech-oriented and feature some notable guests along with fantastic discussion of what's going on in the tech world. Look for two episodes of The Geekcast to hit your podcatcher in about two weeks. To celebrate this.... We have a contest!!! Win a copy of the movie Mind Meld! We have two copies of the movie Mind Meld to give away via iTunes. The contest begins today and ends on Wednesday, November 4th! To enter, send an e-mail to geekcast@gmail.com with your name, e-mail address and home town. "Tailored to the most hard-core Star Trek fans, Mind Meld gets you up close and personal with the stars of the original television series. Its premise? Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner sitting together and having a quiet, earthy chat about old times. There isn't much new information about the show--though old cast resentments are addressed--but viewers learn a great deal about the personal lives of everyone's favorite spacemen. The two discuss the pressures of filming a weekly show and the difficulties of maintaining one's dignity as an actor while wearing pointy ears. The personalities of both men shine through and it becomes obvious why they were cast as they were; Nimoy really is more thoughtful and reserved, while Shatner is extroverted and showy. The best part of Mind Meld is witnessing the genuine fondness the two men share for each other. It's clear that they really were (and are) best friends, even when the cameras stopped rolling." --Ali Davis This contest is only open to U.S. residents and you must have existing iTunes account. Gozer's sitting this episode out, taking care of some personal stuff. Don't fret, Allen is here to be part of the show! A shout out to Kory and Dave over at TechTubs! Enjoy a promo for their fun show and look for an upcoming episode where Gozer and I guest on their podcast! http://www.techtubs.com ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Tried Gmail push on my iPhone via Google Sync and their exchange setup. Talk about epic fail. For the first 20 minutes my inbox showed ALL mail that had come in within the past 3 days, even if it was archived or deleted. Then while looking through it further, I come to find out that if you delete a message from your inbox, Gmail archives it!?!? Talk about confusing. These hiccups combined with the battery drain took me right back to the tried-and-true GPush and IMAP setup. Allen: ATT may be allowing VoIP on the iPhone. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Gmail also hit by e-mail phishing scheme Hotmail users aren't the only ones who've been hit by a phishing scheme over the past week. Google told BBC News on Tuesday that Gmail users have also been affected by the hackers who posted passwords online. The problem is far more widespread than was disclosed on Monday, possibly affecting Yahoo and AOL e-mail accounts as well, according to BBC News. Google described the issue as an "industrywide phishing scheme," BBC News reported. BBC News said it has seen two lists posted online with "more than 30,000 names and pa Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-159-doodle-jump/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/358/0/The_Geekcast_159.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/BXE5hBPz6yk/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-158-the-gozer-edition/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:09:05 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=357 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Big shout out to Aaron who is on vacation right now with his wife. I never [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/BXE5hBPz6yk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-158-the-gozer-edition/feed/ 0 40:02 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Big shout out to Aaron who is on vacation right now with his wife. I never really knew what entailed putting the geekcast together until aaron showed me what to do since he was going away on vacay. I just come on and talk for an hour or two but then aaron works on his weekends to put the show together. So mad props to Aaron. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Vacation completely unplugged! In the mountains of Massachusetts, there is no cell service with ATT. It's just like being at home! The time off was well-needed and the only electronics used were some iPhone games, my GPS and tons of hours in front of my Kindle. I thought my iPhone keyboard has sounded very low since OS 3.1 came out. Well it looks like I am not alone! On Apple's support forums I found the following post: I spoke with apple today and they told me people were complaining that the click was too loud so they lowered it for 3.1. Now people are calling and complaining it's to quiet. She thinks that the next update will correct this issue. If you want to see more, check out the thread on http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10256255 Gozer: Final Cut Pro Studio World Tour ************** Tech and Gaming News: Apple: Console Makers Worry Over Apple's Growing Competition Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 26, @11:57PM The NY Times is running a story about the effect Apple is having on the console gaming market, making Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo worry that consumers will be satisfied playing games on devices that aren't necessarily focused on gaming. Quoting:"The concerns highlight an accelerating shift away from hard-core games, which have traditionally driven console sales, to more casual ones played on cellphones. Of the 758 new game titles shown at the Tokyo Game Show, 168 were for cellphone platforms mdash; more than twice as many as in the previous year. ... Apple's assault could even eat into sales of home consoles like Nintendo's Wii, Sony's PlayStation 3 or Microsoft's XBox, as game-playing quickly becomes centered on cellphones. Many in the industry say that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft need to explore more radical changes to their businesses, including an emphasis on software rather than hardware and a better way for users to download games. 'As a platform, the cellphone has the biggest potential, because everybody owns one,' said Kazumi Kitaue, chief executive at another game maker, Konami Digital Entertainment. A family with three children might buy just one Wii or PlayStation to share, but those children will probably have cellphones of their own and download and play games, Mr. Kitaue said." http://www.gametab.com/news/3130284/ webOS 1.2 now available, brings support for app purchases The tips are flooding in -- webOS 1.2.0 has just been released, and downloads are starting all over. Obviously the big new features is support for app purchases in the Catalog, but we've heard there are a ton of little fixes and improvements in addition -- we're checking it out now, let us know how it goes for you in comments! Here are some major changes listed by Palm: Search is now available in the email app, allowing you to find by subject, from, to, or CC fields (no message search yet). The web browser now supports cut, copy, and paste within a webpage (text only). Music purchases via Amazon can now be done over EV-DO. It's not clear if they mean that you can download the tracks, or just queue them (that would be lame, however). Anyone test this yet? A... Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/10/the-geekcast-158-the-gozer-edition/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/357/0/The_Geekcast_158.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/3lq-gGmh8Y4/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-157-filezilla/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:39:16 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=356 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Our big update to The Geekcast is coming! We&#8217;re overhauling the website and will be [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/3lq-gGmh8Y4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-157-filezilla/feed/ 1 40:58 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Our big update to The Geekcast is coming! We're overhauling the website and will be featuring new artwork for The Geekcast very shortly! To celebrate, we will have an awesome giveaway for our listeners. Details are coming soon, so stay tuned. Big shout out to Edward from philly ghostbusters. Emailing him back and forth about the applecon show on Oct 16-18th. There might be a decent ghosbusters prescence there. I mentioned The Geekcast and referred him to our Ghostbusters episode on June 18th. He said he will definetly be checking out the show. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: After giving the netbook lots of thought and really thinking what I would do with it, I have decided to pass on purchasing the computer. The two biggest factors are that I wouldn't have a use for it outside of my house (where I have my much more powerful iMac) and also I have an iPhone. My iPhone does everything a netbook does AND it fits in my pocket. I realized I have Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, web, music and tons more on me at all times. Gozer: My little cousin got an xbox with call of duty world at war. Played for about four hours saturday night. Luckily my wife had plans with her friends and she was out late! Got a bit into the multiplayer more. The big problem i had with modern warfare multiplayer was that if i played with friends i couldn't tell where they were. Gears is much easier because it is a smaller scale action game and easier to keep track of where people are. World at War somewhat solves this by recognizing who you are in a party with and will highlight your friends names in people so it's easy to distinguish them from other people you're playing with. Fantastic idea. Still playing Arkham Asylum. Really enjoying the pacing of the game. Switches up the gameplay from detective mode to fighting to stealth. There is an awesome sequence with scarecrow somewhat early on in the game. You have to investigate the morgue and all these voices start talking to you. In surround sound this kinda started to freak me out a little bit. Then the morgue is torn apart into this alternate dimension looking arkham that is floating in space. In the middle of you navigating around is a huge scarecrow searching for you. Awesome wow moements like this really make this game incredible. Tried out some of the challenge modes. Did the stealth mode where you have to k.o. 6 guys secretly. I knocked out 2 guys near the glass floor, then i laced the glass floor with explosive gel. 3 other guys came over to investigate to guys i just knocked out and i was just watching and waiting until they al got onto the glass floor. When they did, i detnated the gel and took out 3 guys at once. Awesome. Rented Halo ODST and Beatles Rock Band. Haven't played it yet. Halo ODST has 4 player coop and you play as just some regular dude instead of master chief. There is also a separate disc for multiplayer and firefight which seems like a more intelligent version of gears 2 horde mode. There is also no teabagging in firefight. ************** Tech and Gaming News: iPod Touch Outsells Zune HD If online sales are any indication, then the Zune HD isn't helping Microsoft close the gap with Apple in the lucrative MP3 music player market. Apple's 32GB iPod touch was the second top seller (behind Kindle) in Amazon's electronics category as of Thursday, while the 32GB Zune HD ranked only seventh. The 16GB Zune HD was a lowly 16th on the list. The 32GB iPod Touch and 32GB Zune HD are both priced at Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-157-filezilla/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/356/0/The_Geekcast_157.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/L8sB-5Xb28c/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-156-get-mms-on-your-iphone/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:24 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=355 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: There are currently no items of note. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/L8sB-5Xb28c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-156-get-mms-on-your-iphone/feed/ 0 49:21 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: There are currently no items of note. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Still netbook shopping. Gozer: Was sick all weekend. COD world at war...actually played the story mode! Really awesome. Did get up to level 28 on nazi zombie mode. Used the pack a punch to power up the ray gun and the magnum. Just got to the point where my wife was yelling, " Are you gonna come up to spend time with me?" I left at 28 and everyone else wound up dying. ( Mahhk will be very happy) Went into blockbuster not expecting any good games for rent. Got Batman Arkum Asylum. The game is beautiful and has one of the best intros ever. I felt like I was on a ride at universal studios. The joker is being taken away in one of these hannibal lectur contraptions. Makin his comments all the while. You meet killer croc his is transported via elevator and he wants to eat your bones. Scary dude. I was thinkin wow i hope that electric collar he's got on works. The environments are gorgeous and the fighting is alot of fun. There's detective mode, ex) batman follows a crooked guard by following the alcohol that he just consumed. Ended my netflix. I just figured i go to blockbuster all the time for my games i mine as well get the blockbuster online so i can return mailed movies to the store and pick up new ones for free. ( i think 5 free in store exchanges) I never really used the streaming netflix so what's the difference between that and blockbuster? at least now i can go to the store and get free movies along with my mailed ones. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Scribblenauts Word Count Higher Than Reported Over the weekend, a hacker seemed to prove that there are exactly 22,802 words in Scribblenauts. Not true, the game's creative director told Fast Company. An online article quotes Jeremiah Slaczka, creative director at game development studio 5th Cell, told the outlet that the the weekend word count report missed some words: "That was leaked by a hacker who does not know anything. It's more than that," Slaczka said. Scribblenauts, which will be out tomorrow on the Nintendo DS, offers players a couple of hundred 2D platforming and puzzle challenges, all of which can be solved using objects, people and creatures that the player writes into the game. The game was programmed to recognize and render as many kid-safe, non-trademarked names as possible. Most proper names were excluded as well. No Batman and no naughty words. But it does have everything from dog to gun to god. http://kotaku.com/5359310/scribblenauts-word-count-higher-than-reported Eidos Details First Batman DLC Pack "Insane Night" to include a new Combat and Predator challenge map. Eidos has given official details for the first of two planned free downloadable content packs for Batman: Arkham Asylum. We already knew the one scheduled for this Thursday is titled "Insane Night," but now the reason why is becoming clear. Kotaku reports that it consists of two new maps. "Totally Insane" combat challenge places Batman in the Records Room against scores of the lunatic enemies. The "Nocturnal Predator" map is (simply enough) a predator challenge that seems to take place on the Arkham grounds. The other pack, "Prey in the Darkness," is also likely to consist of two maps and should be coming September 24, if information from Sony is to be believed. With over 2 million Batman owners so far, offering this content for free is certainly more charitable than most game companies would be wi Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-156-get-mms-on-your-iphone/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/355/0/The_Geekcast_156.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/lUUoiPTRoeQ/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-geek-out-9-time-travel-dvds/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:38:47 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=354 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! 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Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Mark, who co-hosted The Geekcast a few episodes ago, hit me up on Twitter to let [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/G-KRW63qk4w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-155-nintendo-dsi-review/feed/ 0 47:44 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Mark, who co-hosted The Geekcast a few episodes ago, hit me up on Twitter to let everyone know that there is a Firefox extension that will vacuum the Firefox awesomebar. It will defragment your Firefox "Places" database, which greatly reduces the lag while typing in the address bar and the start-up time. This extension features configurable automatic cleaning, periodic reminder, and internationalization. Check it out at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13878. Listener Feedback: Mike from Toronto writes: hi im Michael from Canada,on, Toronto. I saw your show September 1st and i love the idea of the geek community . im going to be a a viewer. what do you think that steve jobs going to show off september 9th? Also I'm a fan of xbox360. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Bought a netbook on Woot on Monday.... just to cancel the order. After I made the purchase, Allen and Mark (who have co-hosted the show) both let me know the computer wasn't worth it and it was under-powered. This was a Asus Eee PC 900 Netbook with Intel Mobile Processor for $149. Woot was good and sent me a cancelation confirmation within 24-hours and my search continues. I'm leaning toward either the Asus Eee PC that Gozer purchased or the Dell Mini 10. I have my Jolicloud ISO ready to go. In the meantime I installed it onto my Mac via Parallels to check it out. It seems pretty cool! Gozer: Trying like hell to install joilcloud onto my netbook. I did the install to the usb drive but couldn't get my 1005ha netbook to boot from the usb. Very frustrating. Probably just stick with xp. Playin' a ton of nazi zombies on de reise. Finally got far enough to get the pack a punch. Got up to 21. Horde mode on gears 2 is cake compared to this. The zombies are like the ones in 28 days later. In the later boards the hellhounds start randomly spawning with the zombies. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Special Edition Beatles 360 consoles being auctioned for charity In celebration (and in a little extra last-minute promotion) for the release of The Beatles: Rock Band on Wednesday, Harmonix has announced that a limited number of special edition The Beatles: Rock Band-themed Xbox 360 consoles will be auctioned to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. You can see the nifty looking 360 console above, which is plastered with decals recalling scenes from the deliriously awesome opening cinematic to the game (check it out here). The first console is up for auction right now on eBay, and since the current bid is $780, and since there are still 9 days and 4 hours until the auction ends on September 17, it looks like you better have deep pockets and a very giving heart if you hope to snag it. The press release assures that there will be other chances to purchase one of these consoles through auctions, although just how many were created wasn't revealed. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175948 'It's Only Rock and Roll' Rumor Roundup With Apple's "It's Only Rock and Roll" media event scheduled for tomorrow, months of rumors and speculation are coming together to generate a picture of what may be in store for the event. New iPods with Camera A report from mid-May was the first to suggest that the iPod touch and iPod nano would see the addition of digital cameras. Additional confirmation and mockup images of the next-generation iPod nano appeared shortly thereafter, and the new iPod nano is also rumored to carry a wider-aspect (1.5:1) screen ratio. Over the past Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-155-nintendo-dsi-review/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/353/0/The_Geekcast_155.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/bTh4XClxNj0/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-geek-out-8-meeting-geeky-people/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:56:39 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=352 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, we talk about meeting fellow [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/bTh4XClxNj0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-geek-out-8-meeting-geeky-people/feed/ 0 5:44 It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, we talk about meeting fellow geeky people. The Geekcast is sponsored in-part by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-geek-out-8-meeting-geeky-people/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/352/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_8.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/1n9FdI5ZLss/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-154-the-names-leopard-snow-leopard/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:45:04 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=351 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Would you guys prefer the show format change to two full episodes per week? What do you [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/1n9FdI5ZLss" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-154-the-names-leopard-snow-leopard/feed/ 0 http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/09/the-geekcast-154-the-names-leopard-snow-leopard/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/98pJiYirfzg/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-153-vacuum-firefoxs-awesomebar/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:49:27 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=350 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: I&#8217;ve posted a poll on the Facebook Fan Page asking about the future of the show. Do [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/98pJiYirfzg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-153-vacuum-firefoxs-awesomebar/feed/ 0 http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-153-vacuum-firefoxs-awesomebar/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/3RpS1lSYuwc/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-geek-out-7-xbox-360-avatar-marketplace/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:27:18 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=347 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, we talk about the updated [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/3RpS1lSYuwc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-geek-out-7-xbox-360-avatar-marketplace/feed/ 0 4:28 It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, we talk about the updated Xbox 360 Avatar Marketplace. The Geekcast is sponsored in-part by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-geek-out-7-xbox-360-avatar-marketplace/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/347/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_7.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/_3o2zvFyXE8/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-152-the-geeky-roundtable/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:50:21 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=346 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: A correction to the last episode about Songbird. It ends up that the software runs on all [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/_3o2zvFyXE8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-152-the-geeky-roundtable/feed/ 0 1:09:22 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: A correction to the last episode about Songbird. It ends up that the software runs on all operating systems. We apologize for the error. Gozer is on vacation this week, so we have a special treat: guest hosts!! Please enjoy this special edition of The Geekcast as Aaron geeks out with Allen and Mark! Listener Feedback: There is currently no feedback. Our voicemail and e-mail inboxes are lonely. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: I saw District 9 on Tuesday afternoon and it was really interesting. The movie has not seen lots of hype from advertising and seems to be gaining traction from word of mouth, ALA Star Trek. The movie decimated the box office last week with $37 million in ticket sales, pushing off the (why on earth would you pay to see this garbage) movie GI Joe. District 9 is directed by Peter Jackson and seems to have roots with the Halo backstory. Word on the street is that Jackson was working on a Halo movie and for whatever reasons it was scrapped in favor of District 9. Without giving anything away, the movie focuses on aliens that live here on Earth after their ship encountered problems. It is shot in a half-action / half-documentary style that makes it both fun and interesting. The special effects are top-notch and the story really evokes emotion, which is rare for a scifi movie. Overall, this movie is best movie to come out since Star Trek. Also this week I've been geeking out to Big Bang Theory from Netflix. I was only able to get the first disc of the first season and that is unfortunate because this show is great!! The six episodes went by really quick and even my wife enjoyed it. The show features two geeky guys that live in an apartment together and of course the good-looking (and single) woman moves in across the hall. Where this show differs from 'formula' TV is that the writers are quick, witty, and really appeal to geek humor and how it's seen by outsiders. There isn't 'technobabble' that makes no sense and you even see some of the embarrassment they feel as the two main characters interact with everyone else. I'm excited for the next disc to come! Allen: ATT Bandwidth rant Privacy Concerns on iPhone via Pinch Media Mark: "Ben there, Dan that", "Splosion Man" ************** Tech and Gaming News: Apple Keynote Event Scheduled for Early September? MediaMemo reports on claims from music industry sources that Apple is planning a keynote event for the week of September 7th. Multiple music industry sources say Apple executives have told them the company is planning one of its famed keynote events for the week of Sept. 7. But in true Apple fashion, the company has been noncommittal about the exact date of the event and what it will be showing off. Given the apparent inside information held by media executives, the report suggest that the event may highlight Apple's rumored "Cocktail" iTunes album enhancements. Given that Apple has tipped off music industry executives, it’s a fair bet that the event will incorporate music in some way. Perhaps it will show off the new “Cocktail” format that Apple has been working on, which bundles full-length albums with other goodies like album covers and interactive bells and whistles.iPod updates are another likely possibility, with evidence pointing to the possibility of revised iPod touch and nano models offering built-in cameras. Rumors of Blu-ray support, iPhone app organization and social media integration in iTunes 9 are another possible topic of discussion for the event. Final Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-152-the-geeky-roundtable/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/346/0/The_Geekcast_152.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/AeKAnXRRvlM/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-151-songbird/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:31:28 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=345 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Show us your Facebook love. Did you know there is a fan page for The Geekcast on Facebook? [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/AeKAnXRRvlM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-151-songbird/feed/ 0 43:15 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: Show us your Facebook love. Did you know there is a fan page for The Geekcast on Facebook? Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847. You'll be able to get updates about the show, hear new episodes and interact with us directly via the Facebook news feed. We'd love to hear feedback on this! Gozer got his Egon Spengler figure w/slimer. Check out my unboxing video. Listener Feedback: Mark on Twitter says in reference to episode 150: @thegeekcast Listening to the new episode about cell phone menus, here's a trick on verizon, press * when the voicemail starts it will skip. Matt on Twitter says: good show yesterday... are you going to ban live shows since I'm such a distraction? ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: iPhone saves the day with the built-in iTunes Store! Yesterday my wife and I were at a children's talent show that her company was putting on. It was a great time to see these kids show off their talent and to gain some praise. While we were there, one girl was going to sing to the song Hurt from Christina Aguilera. It ended up that as she got onto the stage, her iPod stopped working and of course the DJ didn't have the song. The girl helping to put on the show went around to everyone asking if they had an iPod with the song on it so this girl could do her song, but no one was able to help. Luckily I had my iPhone 3G S with me (as I always do). I asked which song she needed and just three minutes later, it was searched, purchased and downloaded to my phone. This is one of those stories that Apple would probably eat up because it shows the sheer power of the iPhone when certain situations arise. It's also a situation where improvements to the software made a difference. There used to never be an iTunes store and then when it was released, it was wifi only. My iPhone saved the day and this girl was able to perform her song just as she had planned! Gozer: Wii Sports Resort. Wii motion plus is what Wii shoulda been from the get go. The motion is very natural. It tracks your movements very precisely. There are alot of awesome new games. Swordplay is awesome. It moves exactly as you would move a sword. Some other modes are: frisbee with a dog, wakeboarding, ping pong, waverunners, canoeing, archery and the classic bowling ( which can be thrown automatically). Never thought i would buy this, thought it was just another gimmick, but it is really worth it. Also good to play with your significant other. Picked up a nice coby portable dvd battery. Skeptical about buying coby. Got good reviews on amazon. I have a phillips dvd/ipod player that is awesome. Downloaded season 5 of the wire onto my ipod. It is going to be a very fast plane ride to california. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Infinity Ward Says Fans Will Determine Modern Warfare 2 DLC Community manager Robert Bowling says more than two DLC packs possible. We reported last week that Activision is planning two downloadable content packs for Modern Warfare 2. But if you were nervous about only having two opportunities to spend money, don't worry; Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling says there will be more where that came from, and it will depend on you. In an e-mail to MTV Multiplayer, Bowling outlined the company's plans. "As far as DLC goes, we love it and plan to support Modern Warfare 2 heavily with post-launch support," he said. "We've confirmed we'll be doing at least two map packs which were announced at E3 as a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360. The f Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-151-songbird/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/345/0/The_Geekcast_151.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/qafgAhzn8zE/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-6-%e2%80%93-oregon-trail/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:11:07 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=344 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, we talk about the classic [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/qafgAhzn8zE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-6-%e2%80%93-oregon-trail/feed/ 0 3:33 It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, we talk about the classic game Oregon Trail. The Geekcast is sponsored in-part by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-6-%e2%80%93-oregon-trail/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/344/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_6.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/V5Ppy5s6htU/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-150-open-source-software/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:23:58 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=343 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: We have a new segment featuring open source software! Our fantastic and long-time listener Mark made the [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/V5Ppy5s6htU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-150-open-source-software/feed/ 0 48:11 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@ya Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: We have a new segment featuring open source software! Our fantastic and long-time listener Mark made the suggestion that we begin featuring OSS on The Geekcast and we are more than happy to do so. Preliminary feedback has been really positive and we hope you enjoy this new addition to The Geekcast. I am trying a new leveling technique for the show. Please let us know if this episode sounds better and more even as far as volume goes! Show us your Facebook love. Did you know there is a fan page for The Geekcast on Facebook? We have a group set up but it doesn't integrate well with Facebook's new design. Updates don't show up and unless you go to the group explicitly, you'll never get any updates. So to improve everything, we're moving to a fan page! Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847. We're going to close the group in a week or two but the fan page will be great. You'll be able to get updates about the show, hear new episodes and interact with us directly via the Facebook news feed. We'd love to hear feedback on this! Listener Feedback: Hey guys, Just getting caught up on the shows and found the audio quality outstanding for ep. 149. Congrats on finding the levelator! Keep up the great shows! 7ate9 ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Well it looks like we jinxed it on The Geekcast #149 because on Thursday night (really 1:30 AM Friday morning) my Xbox 360 caught the dreaded 'Red Ring of Death'. In the middle of playing Magic: The Gathering my Xbox locked up and then kept freezing on the boot-up screen. Just five minutes later the RRoD popped up and I knew my Xbox was toast. This is where my fun with Best Buy began. I bought my Xbox in December of '08 and I also shelled out for the Best Buy extended warranty because they said it covered RRoD exchanges in-store. I was fully aware of Microsoft's extended warranty but I was told I could exchange it in-store for a new one. Imagine my surprise when I was up at the Geek Squad counter and told I had to do a 'Rapid Exchange' where they take my Xbox and I get a refurbished one in about a week. After thinking it over, I guess that is a lot faster than Microsoft's turn-around time. So I handed it in. The guy told me that he needed my harddrive as well but all my saves are on there and there is no reason for them to take it. I insisted on keeping it and the guy finally gave in. I got my Xbox back today and it's working, so I guess the $40 was worth it to get a 1-week turn-around time. Gozer: When the wife is away the games i will play. Leveled up at least 10 levels on Gears of War 2. Aaron and I Finished Horde on the nowhere map. Thought we'd get the achievement for beating all 50 levels but you also have to be a level 50. Bought a fifty dollar points card. Purchased some old Sega Classics - Gunstar Heroes and Comix Zone. Comix Zone is one of the best Genesis games ever made. So unique in it's approach to gameplay. The fighting, puzzle solving and level design is awesome. You travel through frame by frame of a comic book. Each frame poses a new objective. Check out the demo. One of my favorite games on XBLA. Also Downloaded Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Friggin' hard. Haven't played it since the arcades so i started on easy and still had a hard time. My go to guys are Wolverine, Cable ( yes cheap) and Akuma. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has one of the strangest end bosses. Starts off with this Titan looking dude then a liquid guy who's really cheap then the end red beast blob guy? Also did some COD WaW I Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-150-open-source-software/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/343/0/The_Geekcast_150.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/PllbXLNZE1Y/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-5-%e2%80%93-camcorders/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:32:15 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=342 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, Gozer talks camcorders. The Geekcast is [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/PllbXLNZE1Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-5-%e2%80%93-camcorders/feed/ 0 4:16 It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, Gozer talks camcorders. The Geekcast is sponsored in-part by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/08/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-5-%e2%80%93-camcorders/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/342/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_5.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/8wrexgVJnpM/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-149-upgrade-your-tivo-hd/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:41:46 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=340 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 &#8211; Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: I am trying a new leveling technique for the show. This was done [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/8wrexgVJnpM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-149-upgrade-your-tivo-hd/feed/ 0 53:26 Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@y Contact info: Voicemail Line: 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847 - Show notes subscription: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: I am trying a new leveling technique for the show. This was done on episode 4 of our Geek Out. Please let us know if this episode sounds better and more even as far as volume goes! Show us your Facebook love. Did you know there is a fan page for The Geekcast on Facebook? We have a group set up but it doesn't integrate well with Facebook's new design. Updates don't show up and unless you go to the group explicitly, you'll never get any updates. So to improve everything, we're moving to a fan page! Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geekcast/59648951847. We're going to close the group in a week or two but the fan page will be great. You'll be able to get updates about the show, hear new episodes and interact with us directly via the Facebook news feed. We'd love to hear feedback on this! We have begun our live-streaming of the show! You can now watch Aaron and Gozer record the show and also participate in a chat room with us! This will allow you to view the show live and see how the magic happens. Even better, it will let you interact with us as we record which may be a lot of fun. We've never done this before, so there are bound to be hiccups and glitches, but if you bear with us, this could be really cool. We currently record on Wednesday evenings and start between 7:30 and 8:00 pm Eastern and we go for about 60-90 minutes. Listener Feedback: We have a call from Matt in Chicago talking about Windows ME vs Windows Vista. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Raptr.com. This website takes your video gaming and updates Facebook, Twitter and other services based on what you're doing. If you pop a game into your Xbox, it'll update your statuses letting everyone know. In addition, you can have it post when you reach new levels, unlock achievements and other goodies. The site is nicely designed and really made to be social. It hooks up with Xbox, PS3, Wii, WoW and others. The site seems nice and I'm working on getting it configured to get all my statuses updated. Gozer: Old School Genesis - Downloaded Altered Beast. Impulse buy @ 400 points. This is not the version i remembered from the Sega Genesis. This must have been the arcade version. They also have Sonic 3, Gunstar Heros and Comix Zone each for 400 points. Gears 2 Dark Corners Map Pack. Only played a few maps of the new map pack. Did some horde mode on the Nowhere map with aaron and his buddies. Great map for horde. Thought we could get on top of the roof of this diner until they started spawning on the roof behind us. We then took sought refuge inside the diner and seemed to hold down the fort better that way. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Microsoft and Yahoo: Search partners After a year and a half of dealing, the tech giants reach a deal to take on Google, which holds a 65% market share in online search. Microsoft and Yahoo reached a long-awaited partnership Wednesday in a bid to challenge Google's dominance in online search. Under the 10-year deal, searches on Yahoo.com will be powered by Microsoft's new Bing search engine. Yahoo, in turn, will be responsible for attracting premium advertisers. Microsoft will pay Yahoo 88% of the revenue it gains from searches on Yahoo's sites. Microsoft will also have the rights to integrate Yahoo search technology into its own existing Web search platforms. Yahoo said the revenue sharing agreement will increase its operating income by about $500 million annually. According to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-149-upgrade-your-tivo-hd/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/340/0/The_Geekcast_149.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/RVlMxSfmw4A/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-4-%e2%80%93-dvd-bundles/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:09:14 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=339 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, Gozer reveals an amazing DVD [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/RVlMxSfmw4A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-4-%e2%80%93-dvd-bundles/feed/ 0 3:52 It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On this episode of Geek Out, Gozer reveals an amazing DVD bundle. The Geekcast is sponsored in-part by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast mpt = new Date(); mpts = mpt.getTimezoneOffset() + mpt.getTime(); if (!document.layers) { document.writeln(""); } else { document.write("" ); } Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-4-%e2%80%93-dvd-bundles/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/339/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_4.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/1PlQRSFb950/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-148-top-mac-cleaning-tools/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:22:46 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=338 Contact info- 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: All episodes of The Geekcast are now live! I&#8217;ve uploaded and linked all episodes of the show through the new site and now every [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/1PlQRSFb950" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-148-top-mac-cleaning-tools/feed/ 0 52:25 Contact info- 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free ... Contact info- 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Geekcast is sponsored by GoToMyPC. Try it free for 30 days at http://www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast ************** Items of Note: All episodes of The Geekcast are now live! I've uploaded and linked all episodes of the show through the new site and now every episode of the show is available to download. In addition, a new 'related episode' feature has been added to the site as well. Just click on the blog entry for the episode you're interested in and related episodes will be presented on the right! Are you enjoying our weekly short 'Geek Out' episodes? Let us know! We have begun our live-streaming of the show! You can now watch Aaron and Gozer record the show and also participate in a chat room with us! This will allow you to view the show live and see how the magic happens. Even better, it will let you interact with us as we record which may be a lot of fun. We've never done this before, so there are bound to be hiccups and glitches, but if you bear with us, this could be really cool. We currently record on Wednesday evenings and start between 7:30 and 8:00 pm Eastern and we go for about 60-90 minutes. Check out our youtube channel. Ghostbusters is hiring.com sucks. They have put many other videos of people sitting in front of their computers, but not mine. I also did not tell them to hire me in my video. Listener Feedback: We get a funny call from Matt talking about our off-topic chats and also his 'geek cred'. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Preparing to upgrade my TiVo HD to a 1-TB drive, giving it about 150-hours of HD recording capability. The current capacity is around 25-hours, which is a nice start for people who don't watch a lot of TV. In my house, especially during hockey season, the TiVo can get filled very quickly and more capacity is needed. I picked up the Western Digital AV-GP SATA 300 (Model WD10EVVS) for $98 at buy.com. I splurged for the overnight shipping so I can do the upgrade tomorrow on my 'Sunday'. To prepare for the upgrade, I installed Windows XP on my mac via Parallels and I've downloaded the MFSTools software needed to initalize the drive. I'll have a full report on the upgrade on the next episode of The Geekcast! Gozer: Still messing around with visionlab studios. Did a cool fire effect with a fireball moving in sync with my hand palm up. Also did a cool disappearing effect using the nightcrawler purple puff of smoke. Played the demo of Red Faction Guerrilla, pretty cool, basic third person shooter. Lots of explosions and great controls. A solid rent. Looking forward to next Tuesday for the gears 2 all fronts map pack. $20 will get you 15 maps and 1 deleted campaign scene. 15 maps if you have not purchased the combustible and snowblind map packs. 7 new dark corners maps. Can't wait to do horde mode on each new map. ************** Tech and Gaming News: Madden NFL 10 Demo Coming to 360 on July 23 First GameStop announced that it had an exclusive demo of Madden NFL 10, and now Microsoft has made it known that the previously announced demo featuring the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys will come to the Xbox Live Marketplace a week before its release on other platforms -- provided you're an Xbox Live Gold member. The premier tier gamers will be able to slug it out in the snow at Giants Stadium when the demo is released on the Marketplace this Thursday, July 23. You'll only be able to enjoy a game that lasts eight minutes; if you want a demo with the typical default five minute quarters, a GameStop pre-order is your only option before the game's August 14 release. Along with the release of the demo on other platforms on July 30, that's also when Xbox Live Silver members will be able to get in on the fun. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175229 Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-148-top-mac-cleaning-tools/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/338/0/The_Geekcast_148.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/SnLguZexRWU/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-3-%e2%80%93-itunes-store-vs-amazon-mp3-store/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:56:13 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=336 It&#8217;s time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On our third episode of Geek Out, Gozer and I talk [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/SnLguZexRWU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-3-%e2%80%93-itunes-store-vs-amazon-mp3-store/feed/ 0 2:48 It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... It's time for another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On our third episode of Geek Out, Gozer and I talk about the pros and cons of buying music on iTunes vs buying from Amazon Mp3 store. Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-%e2%80%93-geek-out-3-%e2%80%93-itunes-store-vs-amazon-mp3-store/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/336/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_3.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/Q78Br9JenE0/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-147-nike-and-shark-fin-soup/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:56:23 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=335 Contact info- 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************** Items of Note: All episodes of The Geekcast are now live! I&#8217;ve uploaded and linked all episodes of the show through the new site and now every episode of the show is available to download. In addition, [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/Q78Br9JenE0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-147-nike-and-shark-fin-soup/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Contact info- 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************** Items of Note: All episodes of The Geekcast are ... Contact info- 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************** Items of Note: All episodes of The Geekcast are now live! I've uploaded and linked all episodes of the show through the new site and now every episode of the show is available to download. In addition, a new 'related episode' feature has been added to the site as well. Just click on the blog entry for the episode you're interested in and related episodes will be presented on the right! Are you enjoying our weekly short 'Geek Out' episodes? Let us know! We have begun our live-streaming of the show! You can now watch Aaron and Gozer record the show and also participate in a chat room with us! This will allow you to view the show live and see how the magic happens. Even better, it will let you interact with us as we record which may be a lot of fun. We've never done this before, so there are bound to be hiccups and glitches, but if you bear with us, this could be really cool. We currently record on Wednesday evenings and start between 7:30 and 8:00 pm Eastern and we go for about 60-90 minutes. Check out our YouTube channel and my GB is hiring video. Also check out ghostbustersnews.com, it seems to be more of a fan based website than ghostbustersishiring.com, they also posted my video so they're cool. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: I've needed a new pair of sneakers for a while now and I decided to order from Zappos. A few months ago they gave out free VIP accounts, which gives you free overnight shipping for life. This is a fantastic deal and I wanted to give their legendary customer service a try. I ordered a pair of Nike LunarTrainer+ Sneakers, which are top of the line running sneakers. One motivation for this was to use the new Nike+ system, which we'll talk about a little later in the show. The experience was great! They shipped on-time, responded to me mentioning them on Twitter and made it a painless shopping experience. Overall, they were awesome!! Got my HK Drive+Play working.....FINALLY!! I found on a message board that someone else had an iPhone 3GS and a Harman Kardon Drive+Play unit but he didn't have the same problems I've been having. I sent him an e-mail and after talking a couple of times, I narrowed the issue down not to an incompatibility but something wrong with my particular D+P unit. I happened to have a second 'main brain' unit, so I swapped it out and I'm in business! As soon as Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1 where bluetooth-enabled voice dialing is available, I will be 100% set with my in-car setup. Gozer: Hung out with Shhtaa Wars Dan, went to toy r us, a sushi buffet where i had some shark fin soup and then went back to rap about shark fin soup in garage band. Also did a bunch of disney afternoon songs with auto tune. Woulda thought we were drunk cuz we were acting like total asses and being completely incoherent. Watched GB BluRay and the refurbishing of ecto 1. ScottSigler.com Varient Frequencies turned me on to his stories. I started with earthcore which was written in 2005. I am about 3/4 of the way listening to it. It's about this corporation called earthcore that pursues this supposed platinum find like no one has ever seen before. Of course nothing goes as planned because they are not alone in the wawa mountains of Utah. Best thing about this audiobook is...it's free. He boasts it as the first podcast novel. He also has a couple of other free audio books on itunes. Check em' out! ************** Tech and Gaming News: Embedded Linux company boasts 1-second boot MontaVista, an embedded Linux company based in Santa Clara, Calif., said Tuesday its latest system is able to boot in one second and released a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l_DSZe8_F8) that shows a vehicle dashboard system going from cold boot in Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-147-nike-and-shark-fin-soup/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/335/0/The_Geekcast_147.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/dJ3dzGzWsiY/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-geek-out-2-geeky-visits/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:30:34 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=334 We&#8217;re have another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! For our second edition of Geek Out, Gozer and [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/dJ3dzGzWsiY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-geek-out-2-geeky-visits/feed/ 0 00:01:01 We're have another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of ... We're have another installment of Geek Out here on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! For our second edition of Geek Out, Gozer and I face-off about places we MUST stop at when we're in New York City or in a shopping mall. Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-geek-out-2-geeky-visits/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/334/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/tSwk8kQwydI/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-146-google-voice-on-your-iphone/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:03:08 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=333 Contact info- 206-350-5000 &#8211; GeekcastOnline.com &#8211; geekcast@gmail.com &#8211; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#8211; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************** Items of Note: We have begun our live-streaming of the show! You can now watch Aaron and Gozer record the show and also participate in a chat room with us! This will allow you to view the [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/tSwk8kQwydI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-146-google-voice-on-your-iphone/feed/ 0 38:34 Contact info- 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************** Items of Note: We have begun our live-streaming of ... Contact info- 206-350-5000 - GeekcastOnline.com - geekcast@gmail.com - Twitter.com/TheGeekcast - Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************** Items of Note: We have begun our live-streaming of the show! You can now watch Aaron and Gozer record the show and also participate in a chat room with us! This will allow you to view the show live and see how the magic happens. Even better, it will let you interact with us as we record which may be a lot of fun. We've never done this before, so there are bound to be hiccups and glitches, but if you bear with us, this could be really cool. We currently record on Wednesday evenings and start between 7:30 and 8:00 pm Eastern and we go for about 60-90 minutes. Check out our YouTube channel. Gozer finally finished his Ghostbusters is Hiring application video. I apologize in advance for the poor resolution. It was shot with a Canon Powershot. I had charged up my Camcorder only to find that the next morning it hadn't charged at all. The ending of the 2 min video is my first attempt at using visionlab studios fx software. Don't be too harsh on me! Listener Feedback: A shout out to kingRidiculous for being a long-time listener and also for checking out a test setup of the upcoming live stream. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Went to NYC last week and decided to head on over to the Apple store on 14th street. I have been to every Apple store in Manhattan except this one and it was on the way back from Penn Station. My iPhone 3G S needed some juice, so I docked it and played with their display iPhone. Lo and behold I found the game FlightControl on their demo unit. This is a simple game for the iPhone where you are an air traffic controller. As planes come on the screen, you must tap and drag a path for them to fly and lead them to the runway to land. The game gets very hard very quickly. It's also insanely addictive. There are planes, biplanes, jumbo jets and helicopters. Each flies at their own speed and you must ensure that there are no mid-air collisions. If a collision occurs, the game is over. Within 5 minutes of playing the game, I bought it on my iPhone. It's a fantastic deal at only $0.99, which is the current sale price. At some point it will go up to $2.99 but even then it's still worth it. You can check out more from the FireMint website at http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/ or you can purchase FlightControl directly from the App Store. Gozer: Went to NYC for our 4 year anniversary and is was fairly geeky. This trip included stops at Toys R Us, The Apple store and Nintendo World. Toys r Us in times square is just a fun place to go to and i think is much bigger than FAO Shwartz. Times square is now open to sit in folding chairs and there is this big open stadium seating area. Also saw the naked cowgirl...uhhhh 70 years old. eck. Went to the Apple store the morning of the 4th of July. Didn't spend too much time there because, like always there were a ton of people there. Also having a wife not that interested in tech stuff doesn't help either. The coolest stop was at Nintendo World, which is located at 48th street right near Rockerfeller Center. Walked into Nintendo World and Mario was on a small flat screen and he was talking to me. All of a sudden he turned into Wario and proceeded to break wind. Of course i started laughing hysterically because farts are funny. The entire first floor is devoted to the DS. The second floor is devoted to the Wii. The best part about this store though is the mini museum. It is just a couple of glass cases with a small history of Nintendo crammed into it. They had everything from the original NES with Robby to every Gameboy ever made. They also had the prototype original Nintendo which was called the Advance Video System. This NES prototype can only, aestheticaly, be described as an old cassette tape player. It came wit Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-146-google-voice-on-your-iphone/http://media.farpointmedia.net/geekcast/The_Geekcast_146.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/qiVQB8guq-U/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-geek-out-1/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:47:02 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=331 We&#8217;re starting a new segment on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On our premier edition of Geek Out, Gozer and I face-off about [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/qiVQB8guq-U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-geek-out-1/feed/ 0 1:53 We're starting a new segment on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. ... We're starting a new segment on The Geekcast! Each week Aaron and Gozer will bring you a short, extra shot of us geeking out. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think about this addendum to the show! On our premier edition of Geek Out, Gozer and I face-off about who has the better cell phone. Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-geek-out-1/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/331/0/The_Geekcast_GeekOut_1.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/b5jMRmOCgMM/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-145-icyte-for-firefox-and-ie/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:01 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=326 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: The wife of one of Aaron&#8217;s co-workers is currently suffering from medullary thyroid cancer. This is a form of thyroid carcinoma which originates from the parafollicular cells (C cells), which produce the hormone calcitonin. Jen Luna [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/b5jMRmOCgMM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-145-icyte-for-firefox-and-ie/feed/ 0 50:23 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: The wife of o Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: The wife of one of Aaron's co-workers is currently suffering from medullary thyroid cancer. This is a form of thyroid carcinoma which originates from the parafollicular cells (C cells), which produce the hormone calcitonin. Jen Luna was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma for which there is currently no treatment. She has been on disability since March of 2007 and has been getting progressively worse. She and her husband found an alternative cancer treatment (The Gerson Treatment) with a very high success rate but because itrsquo;s alternative, itrsquo;s not covered by Insurance and it is very expensive. They would really like for her to get this treatment but they cannot afford it. PLEASE come to the August 7th benefit or make a donation and help save her life. To make a donation please visit This Paypal Link. For more information about Jenrsquo;s cancer please vist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medullary_thyroid_cancer For more information regarding the Gerson treatment, please visithttp://www.gerson.org You can learn more about Jen at http://helpjen.wordpress.com/ We are working on a live-stream of the show and also a chat room for everyone! This would allow you to view the show live and see how the magic happens. This is VERY alpha and I'm just beginning to set it up, but hopefully we can have a nice community that comes together for some interaction as we record the show. Stay tuned! In today's episode we feature a promo for the awesome podcast Tuning Into SciFi! http://tuningintoscifitv.com/ Listener Feedback: Max writes: Thought I was the only one who recalled Night trap, and the revamped version for the 32x sigh... I loved that game it was cheesy it kinda had it's moments but I couldn't believe the fuss over this one either. Eastwood grunts in that movie because he's reading the script and realizing it doesn't work...alternatively you can play a drinking game every time he grunts.... but then again I watched this movie surrounded by hardened cops... it take it to another level of hilarity Great show again guys!!! I like the new mike! ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: I bought the Nike+ system for my iPhone 3G S. It didn't work the first time but for my second outing, it was awesome. Voiceover, automatic stats, Power Song, etc. Nice integration. I figured out the issue with my Harman Kardon system. It's just incompatible with the iPhone 3G S. Gozer: Beat GB on professional. Tip: on the cemetary level, as quickly as you can, smash those pesky stone angels into the wall above the indestructible gate. Upgraded to the PSP 3000. Got the original PSP in June of 2005. There is a nice big scratch on my old one and the wlan switch doesn't work. It is noticeabley lighter and the screen is slightly bigger. One of the coolest features of the 3000 version is SKYPE integration. I did a test call and it sounds great for a small device with an internal mic. Downloaded off the Playstation store: Final Fantasy 7 ( sold 100,000 copies) and Patapon 2, which is a rythem based game. You control a small squad of eyeballs with rythem based commands. Lastly, finishing up on my ghostbusters is hiring application video. I have been messing around with a proton stream, lightning, smoke and fire effects. It is very tedious and extremely time consuming. Kudos to all those special effects guys for having the patience to do that for a living! ************** Tech Gaming News: Michael Jackson's Influence on Gaming We look back at how Jackson influenced the videogame world When people sit back and reminisce about the late Michael Jackson (he passed away today at age 50), they will more than likely recal... Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/07/the-geekcast-145-icyte-for-firefox-and-ie/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/326/0/The_Geekcast_145.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/P4zN401lsy4/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-144-protect-folders-in-windows-linux/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:42:26 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=319 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: We continue to improve our show and today is no different. Gozer has picked up a semi-professional, podcasting microphone! Let us know how it sounds! Aaron forgot to include the Test A Geek [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/P4zN401lsy4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-144-protect-folders-in-windows-linux/feed/ 0 40:36 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: We continue to imp Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: We continue to improve our show and today is no different. Gozer has picked up a semi-professional, podcasting microphone! Let us know how it sounds! Aaron forgot to include the Test A Geek segment in last week's episode. Sorry about that! Enjoy the Ghostbusters-themed trivia in this episode. Finally, we're going to try to curb the length of Geek This Week. Lately it's been taking up 50% of the show and we know that can be tedious to listen to, especially if it's on a topic you're not completely interested in. So, let us know what you think of the abbreviated format. Listener Feedback: Matt called us up and talks about a surprisingly good Best Buy experience while buying a TV. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: iPhone 3G S is really nice and snappy. I'm really loving it but now I'm having an issue with my Harman Kardon Drive+Play system (Featured in The Geekcast Video Review #1, from 8/30/06 http://www.geekcastonline.com/2006/08/the-geekcast-video-review-1). Audio from the system now only plays on the right channel while the left plays a very low, slight static. I am really unsure why it's happening and I can't find anything online. I'll probably end up calling HK on my day off to see what can be done. Gozer: Beat GB. very satisfying ending. Cool storyline. Immediately started on professional difficulty when i finished. Going to go back and round up any achievements i didn't get. Played alot of multiplayer. Aaron and i crossed the streams and killed each other. Got a ROKU player for my dad for father's day. I wrapped it, he opened it up and had no idea what it was. The ROKU player itself is very small. Used RGB cables to hook it it. It does have HDMI. Very simple and clean little device. The remote is also very simple. It has a home button, a play/pause button, fast foward, rewind and a navigation circle in the middle with a kind of select button in the middle. I also got 50% off from circuit city a Vonage router. It sucks. I tried to call Vonage to see if there was something i could download to make the router signal stronger. The broken english man just tried to get me to sign up for Vonage. Uhhh no. Went out and got a Linksys Wireless G router. Movies on the Roku player loaded in 10 to 20 seconds. ************** Tech Gaming News: Penn Teller call 'BS!' on video game violence Penn Teller are taking aim at the video game violence controversy in an upcoming episode of Penn Teller: Bullshit! -- an ongoing television series that debunks misconceptions and popular fads. Earlier in the week, Penn Jillette revealed the video game themed episode had begun filming, via Twitter. Guests interviewed for the episode will include Grand Theft Childhood co-author, Dr. Cheryl Olson, along with her husband and writing partner, Dr. Lawrence Kutner. Disbarred Miami attorney, Jack Thompson, will also be featured in the episode. A Penn Teller producer told GamePolitics the episode would likely air during the summer, but did not reveal a specific date. We can only hope that Penn gives Thompson a suitable tongue lashing or that the magical duo makes him disappear. Either way, we're good. According to Thompson, "If some wacked-out adult wants to spend his time playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, one has to wonder why he doesn't get a life, but when it comes to kids, it has a demonstrable impact on their behavior and the development of the frontal lobes of their brain." He also refers to the proliferation of Japanese games on America as Pearl harbor 2. Do we need to start and F U segment of this show? Best buy last week and Jack Tompson this week. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/12/penn-and Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-144-protect-folders-in-windows-linux/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/319/0/The_Geekcast_144.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/SEmZTVEqGe8/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-143-the-ghostbusters-episode/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:33:23 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=311 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: There are currently no items of note. Listener Feedback: 7ate9 wrote: Hi guys, I got turned on to your show after being a long time listener to &#8220;What The Cast&#8221;. I&#8217;m truly enjoying the show (and going [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/SEmZTVEqGe8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-143-the-ghostbusters-episode/feed/ 0 01:02:18 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: There are currentl Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: There are currently no items of note. Listener Feedback: 7ate9 wrote: Hi guys, I got turned on to your show after being a long time listener to "What The Cast". I'm truly enjoying the show (and going back to hear earlier shows) but was wondering about the sound difference between host and co-host. Are you guys in the same recording location? I thought you weren't, which seemed to make sense for the quality, but then I got the impression from a recent show that you are. Either way, it's really tough to listen when I have to turn up my volume to just barely hear Aaron and then I get blasted by Gozer's audio that's up too loud. Anything you might be able to look into fixing? Keep up the great work guys. I promise I'll keep listening even if you do contribute to my deafness. ************** Geek This Week: Gozer: Ghostbusters!!!! Crazy Ghostbusters week! Went to the firehouse for my big 30 b'day. Max added to my xbox live friends list, works across from the firehouse in NYC. he said he was actually there on saturday! Filmed a little video at the firehouse with the stay puft marshmallow man. Should have it up on our youtube channel. Ghostbustersishiring.com is doing a fan video contest. you can upload your video to youtube and copy the link on the application on the website. Went to Ninja NYC for dinner with friends and family. Ghostbusters Game! Went to the midnight launch at my somewhat local gamestop. Full costume! Got there at 11:30. there were four people there. Then at midnight...there were four people there. Upgraded my proton pack with a speaker, amp and 12 volt battery powering everything. Hooked it up to an mp3 player. Played music while waiting and chatting with other guys there. Got home and fired up the game while still wearing my jumpsuit. 360: This is the version i was most excited for. Game starts with the no ghost symbol, then goes to the firehouse where you select game xbox live and or other options. Start off with the opening that has been on youtube. You are a rookie in the firehouse, you can talk to Vigo, toaster on the pool table and listen to messages on the answering machine. Slimer escapes and goes to the sedgewick thus begins our game. Very true to ghostbusters original movie. Particularly with the dialogue. You are a GTA style character in that you don't talk which is perfect because you aren't verbally intruding. Gameplay is fantastic. Catching and trapping can be difficult but also very satisfying. I don't think they could have done it better. I also enjoy the different weapon types: 1:The Proton Stream, go to gun, is the most powerful and best weapon type. left trigger proton blast 2: Stasis beam: Shotgun blast with right trigger and freeze beam with left trigger. Good for ghosts who manifest in a physical form. 3: Slime gun: Similiar to GB2 but green. Right trigger slime and left trigger slime tether. Awesome addition to the game. Great puzzle solving. Wish there was more use for the slime tether for puzzles. Slime tether is also good for tethering a ghost to a trap and trapping it. 4: Meson Collider: Homing gun. Right trigger is like a marker and the left trigger fire homing blasts. ( least interesting and useful gun) Throw the trap with X. Trap lights up with a tall column of light. Easy to see where it is. PKE Meter integration is awesome. You really want to and need to use it. Good for tracking hidden ghosts, scanning to learn about them and finding artifacts. The game is Shandor heavy. Most everything revolves around Shandor. Everything that is going on and you get alot of explanations for past ghosts from the movie. Played some multiplayer which i can delve into more next week. Tr Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-143-the-ghostbusters-episode/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/311/0/The_Geekcast_143.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/W1ve7hA79RU/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-142-wwdc-results-answering-your-tech-questions/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:14:48 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=308 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: Our codes for free copies of RSS Player are expiring, so if you want a code, please tell us ASAP! Call 206-350-5000 and leave your e-mail address. We will send you the code ASAP. Listener [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/W1ve7hA79RU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-142-wwdc-results-answering-your-tech-questions/feed/ 1 58:37 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: Our codes for Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: Our codes for free copies of RSS Player are expiring, so if you want a code, please tell us ASAP! Call 206-350-5000 and leave your e-mail address. We will send you the code ASAP. Listener Feedback: Max gave us a call about our contest for free codes for RSS Player. Matt called to talk about LTE. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: WWDC Review. The rumors that panned out and the ridiculous ones that didn't. Announcements: Laptops: Apple updated all of their laptops, which had begun just a few weeks ago with bumped White MacBook upgrades. All unibody MacBooks are now in the Pro segment with updated specs and IO. Some highlights are the return of Firewire with a Firewire 800 port, an SD Card slot and a display with better gamut. Not to be left out, the MacBook Air also got a bump in specs while dropping the price signifigantly. The Air models are now very affordable at $1499 and $1799. Snow Leopard: A large demo of Snow Leopard was shown along with some of the core updates. The new OS will have full 64-bit architecture, Grand Central Dispatch, re-written applications and use a new standard called OpenCL. GCD is Apple's way of taking advantage of multi-threading for performance on the standard CPU's that have more than one core. In addition, the install is 45% faster and once upgraded to Snow Leopard, you will recover an astounding 5-6 gigabytes of harddrive space. While the OS will not have many visual differences from the current 10.5 version, the performance boost will be eveident right away. Finally, this will be the first OS that will be Intel-only, cutting the final cord with the PowerPC chips. Likely a shot across Microsoft's bow, Apple announced Snow Leopard will cost only $29 for current Leopard users to upgrade. Apple plans on shipping in September. iPhone: Perhaps the most rumored and anticipated portion of WWDC, the iPhone announcements were left for last. Apple spoke about the 3.0 OS and the features we've already known: cut and paste, MMS, voice recorder. They did demo some new amazing apps and accessories for the dock connector including guitar amp hookups, medical equipment and more. TomTom demoed their forthcoming GPS app for the iPhone which includes a custom windshield mount that doubles as a speakerphone and charger. The new OS will be released on June 17th. Two big hits against Apple, but more against ATT was the revelation that MMS would not be supported by ATT when the software launches next week and also that tethering would not be available either. There were a few seconds of awkwardness for Scott Forstall as these items came to light, but he continued as a professional would. ATT was quick to state that MMS would be available by 'late summer' and they were still working on tethering packages to offer to US customers. Of course Apple announced an upgraded iPhone, the iPhone 3Gs. The "S" standing for 'speed', the phone now has faster processing and updated code for the applications. Apple showed specs where the new iPhone will run faster for non-internet use such as opening apps, composing messages, etc. Safari seems to be extremely quick on it as well. New software features were announced that will only be available on the 3Gs such as video recording, voice control, Nike+ and more. As expected, the iPhone 3Gs will be in 16 and 32gb sizes for the same $199/$299 price but Apple (being conscious of pricing) announced the 8gb iPhone 3G would remain in production and be lowered to $99, which is a huge psychological barrier for people. The price-cut was effective immeadiately and the iPhone 3Gs goes on sale on Friday, June 19th. Rumor Scorecard: iPhone Right: - Auto Focus Camera (Ma Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-142-wwdc-results-answering-your-tech-questions/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/308/0/The_Geekcast_142.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/0hQvtx8VMKY/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-141-e3-coverage-wwdc-preview/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:25:26 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=306 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: Our codes for free copies of RSS Player are expiring, so if you want a code, please tell us ASAP! Call 206-350-5000 and leave your e-mail address. We will send you the [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/0hQvtx8VMKY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-141-e3-coverage-wwdc-preview/feed/ 0 01:07:46 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: Our codes for Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: Our codes for free copies of RSS Player are expiring, so if you want a code, please tell us ASAP! Call 206-350-5000 and leave your e-mail address. We will send you the code ASAP. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: WWDC Preview Gozer: E3 Coverage ************** Tech Gaming News : This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** Test a Geek: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** How To: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** Ask A Geek: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** Hack: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** The Geek's View: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast ************** Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/06/the-geekcast-141-e3-coverage-wwdc-preview/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/306/0/The_Geekcast_141.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/NBss-ijZXfc/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-140-tips-for-punch-out-for-wii/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 16:19:21 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=303 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: We have a contest! Alex from RSS Player was generous enough to provide us with some codes for his awesome podcast receiver app for the iPhone / iPod Touch. We&#8217;ll run a [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/NBss-ijZXfc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-140-tips-for-punch-out-for-wii/feed/ 1 56:51 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: We have a cont Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: We have a contest! Alex from RSS Player was generous enough to provide us with some codes for his awesome podcast receiver app for the iPhone / iPod Touch. We'll run a trivia question each episode for three episodes. The fifth person to leave the correct answer on The Geekcast voicemail line (206-350-5000) along with a brief comment about the show, will win a code good for one free copy of RSS Player. This weeks' trivia question: What was the name of the early 90's psa commercial that Aaron and Gozer sang in episode #133? Rules: Only one entry per person. The fifth correct answer on the voicemail will win a code good for RSS Player. In the message, please also leave your e-mail address CLEARLY so we can send you the code. GBFans is following me on Twitter. They are having a GB blu-ray viewing Weds June 3rd@midnight. The Fine arts theater 8556 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, 90211. Is there anything out there for NYC!?!? Launch Parties? GB Game or Blu Ray parties!?!? PLease!!! This weeksrsquo; trivia question: In The Geekcast #134 from I-Con, who guest-hosted with Gozer Aaron? Listener Feedback: ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Star Trek Netflix Gozer: Playin a ton of punch out. Using wiimote and nunchuck controls. ( optional wii balance board or wii mote play) Still has the same feel as the old school one. Defense pattern game but still a helluva lotta fun. Beat it on normal, up to Soda Popinski on title defense mode. Multiplayer, went over to a friends house for a memorial day b-b-q. There was a couple of other guys there that didn't know this was out and they got so excited just from a nostalgia perspective. Multiplayer is not an all out brawl. Still have to bob and weave and play defense. Turn into this hulk of a little mac and pummel your opponent. Fringe Season Finale - throw back to Sliders big time. Thoughts on : The relationship between peter and walter. Is this the true peter? Olivia and her new found abilities, William Bell and the twin towers. ************** Tech Gaming : Zune HD Unveiled, Set For Fall Release Several readers have written to mention that Microsoft has confirmed and unveiled the Zune HD. It has a "3.3-inch, 480 x 272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display, built-in HD Radio receiver, HD output," and it makes use of multi-touch input. More details will be forthcoming at E3, including how the device interacts with Xbox Live. Reader johnjaydk notes a PCWorld article that asks whether the Zune HD will be capable of competing with the iPod Touch. Quoting: "... the real competition between the Zune HD and the iPod Touch will come down to software. The new Zune will be based on a custom version of Windows CE, while the iPod Touch runs on the already popular iPhone platform, for which thousands of applications are available." http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/27/1612244 Wal- Mart wants your used games The buy-backs won't be done the average way, there will be a Redbox-like machine that will take your used game from you. Pictures of the actual machine can be seenhere. You will be prompted by a display screen to scan the bar code on the box of the game you wish to trade in. Once you scan the bar code, the machine will search its database for the title and if successful, you will be prompted to insert the game disc first and then the box. You'll create an account that you log into every time you go to trade in a game to the machine and this account will presumably be accessible on any Wal-Mart used game kiosk. There is also a slot to slide your credit/debit card; it's uncertain what role the card plays in you trading in games but my guess it's for some sort of accountability ( Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-140-tips-for-punch-out-for-wii/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/303/0/The_Geekcast_140.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/3IaplMN4Ptc/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-rerun-the-geekcast-75/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 19:18:32 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=299 Due to personal reasons, there is no new episode this week. Gozer &#038; Aaron will return next week for a new recording. Please enjoy The Geekcast #75. Show Notes: Contact info: &#124; Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/geekcast &#124; TheGeekcast.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Skype &#038; Gizmo: Geekcast &#124; 206-98-geek-1 &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; Frappr Map: [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/3IaplMN4Ptc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-rerun-the-geekcast-75/feed/ 0 18:54 Due to personal reasons, there is no new episode this week. Gozer Aaron will return next week for a new recording. Please enjoy The ... Due to personal reasons, there is no new episode this week. Gozer Aaron will return next week for a new recording. Please enjoy The Geekcast #75. Show Notes: Contact info: #124; Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/geekcast #124; TheGeekcast.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Skype Gizmo: Geekcast #124; 206-98-geek-1 #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; Frappr Map: Frappr.com/thegeekcast ************** Items of Note: A new extension to The Geekcast is coming. Will you be ready? ************** Tech news: Microsoft stops support of Windows Media Player for the Mac. Despite pledging its support for Applersquo;s platform, Microsoft has backed out of future releases of Windows Media Player for Mac, and the companyrsquo;s Web site now directs visitors to download a third-party application from developer Flip4Mac. Flip4Mac develops Windows Media Components for QuickTime, an add-in for Applersquo;s multimedia player. According to the press release on its Web site, it appears as if the Windows Media division at Microsoft has given the company its full blessing to become the standard-bearer for Mac-based Windows Media playback. iTunes raises privacy concerns. A new version of iTunes is drawing criticism from privacy advocates for sending information about computer usersrsquo; playlists back to Apple. The new music software includes a ldquo;MiniStorerdquo; window, which provides recommended links to Applersquo;s music download service when a listener actively clicks on a song in their personal playlist, including songs that havenrsquo;t been purchased from the iTunes store. To provide those recommendations, the software sends information about the selected song, such as artist, title and genre, back to Apple. But the software also transmits a string of data that is linked to a computer userrsquo;s unique iTunes account ID, computer experts have found. Microsoft extends XP Home support to lsquo;08. Microsoft has quietly extended the support lifespan of Windows XP Home, which as recently as last week was scheduled to be put out to pasture at the end of this year. Analysts had pointed out that XP Home, and most other XP operating systems, would be cut off from technical support on 31 December 2006, a potential problem since XPrsquo;s successor, Windows Vista, isnrsquo;t to release until shortly before that date. In a blog written last Wednesday, JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox put the blame at Windows Vistarsquo;s door. ldquo;Itrsquo;s more a problem of product delays, that Microsoft repeatedly delayed release of Windows Vista,rdquo; he wrote. In an updated support lifecycle listing, Microsoft said that all Windows XP products oacute; which include Home, Pro, Embedded, Media Center, and Tablet PC oacute; will enjoy mainstream support for ldquo;two years after the next version of this product is releasedrdquo;. ************** Test a geek: Thanks to Eric at The Geek Quiz for providing yet another great quiz for us. You can check out his website at http://geekquiz.glitchnyc.com ************** How To: use OpenOffice anywhere. Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 has been released. Portable OpenOffice.org is the popular OpenOffice.org office suite including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database packaged as a portable app, so you can take your documents along with everything you need to work with them with you. New in this version. Portable OpenOffice makes it easy to be productive on any computer and not have to worry about installing software. Check it out at http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice ************** Ask A Geek: Hey Aaron, just wondering if yoursquo;d be able to tell me on your next edition of The Geekcast, what is the best firewall available on the market whether it be free of not free. Irsquo;ve asked around already but everyone I go to has a biased opinion on what they o... Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-rerun-the-geekcast-75/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/299/0/The_Geekcast_75.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/fVZX4EXub5A/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-139-get-free-customized-magazines/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 20:20:40 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=297 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: I have successfully installed Windows 7 RC to my Mac via Parallels and I&#8217;m working on some previews for the next couple of episodes. Stay tuned for some reviews. If you&#8217;re interested [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/fVZX4EXub5A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-139-get-free-customized-magazines/feed/ 0 49:57 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: I have successfull Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: I have successfully installed Windows 7 RC to my Mac via Parallels and I'm working on some previews for the next couple of episodes. Stay tuned for some reviews. If you're interested in learning about specific parts of Windows 7, be sure to contact us and we'll review it! Enjoy a promo for the great podcast Variant Frequencies! http://www.variantfrequencies.com/ We have a contest! Alex from RSS Player was generous enough to provide us with some codes for his awesome podcast receiver app for the iPhone / iPod Touch. We'll run a trivia question each episode for three episodes. The fifth person to leave the correct answer on The Geekcast voicemail line (206-350-5000) along with a brief comment about the show, will win a code good for one free copy of RSS Player. This weeks' trivia question: In The Geekcast #134 from I-Con, who guest-hosted with Gozer Aaron? Rules: Only one entry per person. The fifth correct answer on the voicemail will win a code good for RSS Player. In the message, please also leave your e-mail address CLEARLY so we can send you the code. Listener Feedback: Matt emailed. Gozer, Good show this last time... You mentioned that you're doing some video editing (love the idea of muzzle flashes). Check out Captain Disillusion, he does some cool analysis of some of the popular internet videos. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Seeing the new Star Trek tomorrow. Everyone has raved how amazing it is and that it's successfully rebooted the Trek franchise. I've done a good job of not hearing any spoilers, which is tough these days. The hardest decision for me has been weather to see it in IMAX, Digital or regular. More than likely I'll see it in digital at my local theater instead of driving an hour to the IMAX. Gozer: SNL digital short " Mother Lover" Check it out on Hulu. Reserved Punch Out for Wii. Saw Boom Blox 2 comes out for Wii next week as well. Played the 2 versions of the Wolverine game. Wii and PSP. Pretty cool to just walk around as wolverine, violence. Wii version is different than the other versions. Got to one part where i didn't know what to do. Uhhhh time is precious, stop playing it. There's a difference between puzzles/dificulty levels and pure frustration. Finished editing a wedding vid of my wife's friend. Jumped at that chance to film a wedding and edit it. Might sound crazy and like alot of work. I would love to edit or work in the film industry as a job. Manipulation of reality. Final cut is awesome. Figured out alot of fade in/ fade outs of video and audio. Upgraded to 2 gigs of ram, so much easier. ************** Tech Gaming News Watch Full NBC Videos on Your iPhone Until the game-changing Hulu app drops, fans of 30 Rock, The Office, and other NBC shows can catch them full-screen on their iPhone or iPod touch, as well as on a few other mobile phones. The episodes (broken into three or four parts, in some cases) look pretty crisp on the iPhone/touch, and while the show and episode offerings aren't as robust as on Hulu, the quality is definitely there. It would seem to work over either Wi-Fi or 3G/EDGE, too. http://lifehacker.com/5248782/watch-full-nbc-videos-on-your-iphone Gears of War 2 'All Fronts' retail compilation on July 28 Gears of War 2 has done tremendously well, with Epic announcing that the game has sold over 5 million copies. So, how does a company celebrate such a milestone? Enter the "All Fronts" compilation, a $19.99 (pound;14.99/euro;19.99 for our European brethren) retail expansion that includes all of the game's previously released DLC map packs (Flashback, Combustible, and Snowblind) plus something new. Epic will also mix in "Dark Corners," a pack th Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-139-get-free-customized-magazines/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/297/0/The_Geekcast_139.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/jinHKvNZ8NA/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-138-making-the-best-workout-playlists/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 19:57:54 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=294 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: A big thanks to Matt and Will (who you&#8217;ll see feedback below) for sending us some ideas for upcoming episodes. In addition to some retro-tech, we&#8217;ll also be featuring some Windows 7 previews [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/jinHKvNZ8NA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-138-making-the-best-workout-playlists/feed/ 0 44:06 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: A big thanks to .. Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: A big thanks to Matt and Will (who you'll see feedback below) for sending us some ideas for upcoming episodes. In addition to some retro-tech, we'll also be featuring some Windows 7 previews and segments. I'm currently downloading RC1 and installing it on my Mac via Parallels. Let us know what you want for us to test out! Listener Feedback: Will D on Twitter let us know his thoughts on the Kindle DX: "I'd be all over the #KindleDX - If I won the Lotto, that is. Beautiful, but too pricey, especially for a Public Library guy." Matt writes (one of many things that will be featured on upcoming episodes): "- Are you guys tracking the latest Star Trek buzz? Lot's of geeks are awaiting it." ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: This week I've been looking at ways to learn to program for the iPhone. For a few months I've wanted to make an app for the platform but never really knew what to make. Earlier this week an idea came to me and I figured it was time to learn how to develop for the platform. Xcode isn't the easiest platform to figure out on your own and Apple's documentation wasn't helping either since I have no experience coding on OS X and have no books. After some searching on Google, I found that Stanford University offered an iPhone programming course this spring and put the entire course on iTunes U for free! The lectures are all video-recorded and they also provide the PDF's of the Keynote presentations. In addition, the classes website is publicly accessible, giving access to all the course materials and sample code. The course is 10-weeks and each lecture is about an hour long. I've just started and it's awesome! Even more amazing is that it's free! You can access the course via iTunes here: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.stanford.edu.2024353965.02024353968 Gozer: Played some Street Fighter 4 with a friend of mine and his stepson who is 9. Xbox live is cool but awesome to play with live people. My friends step-son was using Zangief and pulled off his super power screwdriver move on his step-dad. We all yelled. Good times. Messing around with VisionLab Studios. Did a demo of my father shooting guns. Tried out the muzzle flashes and pretty easy to create. You have an x and y axis to show the direction and depth of the muzzle flash. Did a Beretta, shotgun and a machine gun. ************** Tech Gaming News: The Beatles: Rock Band Gets The Beatles Guitars Harmonix and MTV today announce two new Beatles-themed guitar controllers going on sale when The Beatles: Rock Band hits stores in September - the Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet. The Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet are a pair of full-bodied, classic guitars used extensively by John Lennon and George Harrison throughout their careers. Both guitars should be available for purchase when The Beatles: Rock Band launches on September 9th, retailing for $99, This brings the price tag for the true Beatles Rock Band experience up to $450, and that's not counting extra microphones. http://kotaku.com/5240592/the-beatles-rock-band-gets-the-beatles-guitars?skyline=trues=i Amazon Announces Kindle DX Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the much-anticipated large-screen Kindle e-reader on Wednesday. Called the Kindle DX, the new device is geared toward readers of personal and professional documents, newspapers, and magazines--and textbooks, a potentially huge target market. The debut of the bigger Kindle wasn't exactly a secret: rumors of a larger-screen Kindle had been around for quite some time, and concrete reports began to surface earlier this week. Several of those features are shared with the current Kindle 2, but several ar Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/05/the-geekcast-138-making-the-best-workout-playlists/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/294/0/The_Geekcast_138.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/DBPLCnzThQo/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/04/the-geekcast-137-amazon-video-on-demand-in-hd/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:16:28 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=290 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: Alex who wrote RSS Player has released version 1.3 / 1.4 to the iTunes Store, with a feature I asked him about: Suggested Podcasts. When you go to add a podcast, you can [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/DBPLCnzThQo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/04/the-geekcast-137-amazon-video-on-demand-in-hd/feed/ 0 46:35 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: Alex who wrote RSS Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: Alex who wrote RSS Player has released version 1.3 / 1.4 to the iTunes Store, with a feature I asked him about: Suggested Podcasts. When you go to add a podcast, you can have the app suggest a show. Even more exciting is that Alex included The Geekcast as a suggested show. A big thanks goes out to Alex!!! We're looking to help promote some podcasts out there! If you have a podcast and you're interested in trading promos, hit us up at geekcast@gmail.com. Listener Feedback: Briresp from Twitter sent us some feedback: Hello, I enjoyed your previous podcasts. I like the geek! I am however, not a fan of the newer version. I don't want to be negative, but since you asked... Gozer seems like a great guy and a good friend, but I don't like his input. His presentation is a little awkward. This is probably due to inexperience. I don't care for games, movies, pop culture ect... Obviously this is just my taste. I like how you used to "get right to it", and not waste time on fluff. Sorry for the "hate" :) ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: This week I bought my first iPhone app ever: Tweetie. I've had the iPhone almost since day one and I've been getting by with free apps from the App Store. So many people talked about Tweetie that I figured to give it a try. The price was $2.99, which I honestly think is a sweet spot for apps. Previously I had been using Twitterfon for keeping tabs on Twitter. Twitterfon is free and has tons of features. Tweetie for iPhone is nice and does a few things better than Twitterfon such as locating me quickly, giving me the ability to post my location without editing my Twitter profile location and image compression when posting pictures to Twitpic. It's a really nice app and I recommend it. On the flip-side I installed Tweetie for OsX and I think it has a long way to go. Most importantly it has no notification system and doesn't use Growl yet either. The app is also overpriced at $19.99 but it can be purchased for $14.95 until May. I'm giving it a trial-run instead of Twhirl but I don't know which I'll end up using. With the right improvements I may go Tweetie-only but I still don't like the price. Gozer: Ghostbusters multiplayer Two Multiplayer Co-op Game Modes: - Instant Action: players can test their mettle in a variety of Job Types across a selection of 12 different maps - Campaign Mode: players work through one of four different environments busting ghosts to earn cash and upgrade their equipment. 12 maps across four themed environments: - Library - Streets - Cemetery - Museum Six Unique Job Types: - Survival: Survive a paranormal onslaught - Containment: Capture all the ghosts - Destruction: Eliminate mysterious artifacts to prevent spawning ghosts - Protection: Protect Egon's devices - Thief: Save the artifacts from being stolen by ghosts - Slime Dunk: Dunk the most Slimers 2) Playing world of goo like crazy. Got it in the machiest bundle. Found it on the Wii. Soooo much better on Wii. I have always loved the Wii controls. They are perfect for this type of game. Up to world 3. ************** Tech Gaming News: Time Warner Is Moving Closer to AOL Spin Off In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Time Warner said it was nearing a decision to shed America Online and put an end to the travails that began with the 2000 merger between the two companies, a deal that has resulted in the evaporation of more than $100 billion of shareholder value. ldquo;Although the companyrsquo;s board of directors has not made any decision, the company currently anticipates that it would initiate a process to spin off one or more parts of the businesses of AOL to Time Warnerrsquo;s stockholders,... Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/04/the-geekcast-137-amazon-video-on-demand-in-hd/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/290/0/The_Geekcast_137.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geekcast/~3/n6K6rwKpKek/ http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/04/the-geekcast-136-get-seven-guns-in-call-of-duty/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:08:39 +0000 Aaron http://www.geekcastonline.com/?p=285 Contact info: 206-350-5000 &#124; GeekcastOnline.com &#124; geekcast@gmail.com &#124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast &#124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com &#124; ************** Items of Note: We want to give a big shout out and thank you to Brian and the entire crew over at Slice of Scfi. They were very generous to give us a big plug. If you [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geekcast/~4/n6K6rwKpKek" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/04/the-geekcast-136-get-seven-guns-in-call-of-duty/feed/ 0 32:31 Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: We want to give Contact info: 206-350-5000 #124; GeekcastOnline.com #124; geekcast@gmail.com #124; Twitter.com/TheGeekcast #124; Show notes: send blank e-mail to geekcastpodcast-subscribe@yahoogroups.com #124; ************** Items of Note: We want to give a big shout out and thank you to Brian and the entire crew over at Slice of Scfi. They were very generous to give us a big plug. If you love scifi TV or movies, be sure to check them out at sliceofscifi.com. If you want to hear them pimp The Geekcast, listen to episode 208 and we're mentioned within the first five minutes. ************** Geek This Week: Aaron: Once again, Chuck is the main thing I'm geeking out to this week. Episode after episode, this show has gotten so good. It's to a point where I watch it almost-live and I can't wait a few days to watch it on my TiVo. Next week is the season finale and I'm hoping it doesn't dissapoint. In addition, Caprica came out on DVD this week. This direct-to-DVD movie takes place in the BSG universe but I believe it has little else to do with the show. From the previews shown, it looks like it goes into development of the advanced cylon models. I'll probably end up renting it and not purchasing it. Be sure to check Netflix or Amazon On Demand for availability. Gozer: The Godfather 2. First Impressions of the game, graphics, sound, gameplay, etc... ************** Tech Gaming News: Sign of the times: Microsoft sales drop? Even sales at Microsoft appear to be headed downward. If projections hold, Microsoft on Thursday will report a year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue, a first for the software maker. The company has come close to flat-lining before, most notably in mid-2000 as the dot-com boom came to an end. Even then, though, it managed to post a slight increase in revenue. Microsoft is forecast to report quarterly revenue of $14.15 billion for its fiscal third quarter, according to Reuters Estimates, down from $14.45 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Per-share earnings are pegged to come in at 39 cents, down from 47 cents a year ago. In addition to paying attention to Microsoft's overall numbers, folks will be closely watching what Microsoft has to say about the PC market. While Intel surprised some last week by suggesting the PC market had hit bottom, AMD's chief executive said Tuesday that such a prediction is premature. "I don't know how anybody can say we've hit bottom, considering the macroeconomic outlook," CEO Dirk Meyer said during the AMD earnings conference call Tuesday afternoon. Even when the economy does bottom out, Microsoft has said it is not expecting sales will quickly return to where they were in recent years. CEO Steve Ballmer has repeatedly characterized the current woes as a "reset" of the economy, rather than a temporary dip. When things do pick up, Microsoft said in January, expect slow growth. There will be other items to watch for during Microsoft's earnings report. Some think Microsoft might also finally bite the bullet and admit that it is trying to get Windows 7 out this year, as opposed to just by January. The software maker has had a largely positive response to the beta version and is expected to come out with a near-final "release candidate" version in the coming weeks. In general, new operating systems aren't necessarily the biggest driver of new PC sales, but computer makers are holding out some hope that an early release of Windows 7, combined with continued good reviews, could help the holiday season perhaps be somewhat better than it might otherwise have been. For Microsoft, the release of Windows 7 offers the opportunity to move pastWindows Vista, a product that has had a decidedly mixed reputation in the marketplace. The earnings call will also provide an opportunity to hear not just what Microsoft says about its quarterly results, but also a chance to learn if it is seeing any signs of weakness among custome Episodes Aaron Crocco no No http://www.geekcastonline.com/2009/04/the-geekcast-136-get-seven-guns-in-call-of-duty/http://www.geekcastonline.com/podpress_trac/feed/285/0/The_Geekcast_136.mp3